Posted By John Henderson On January 9, 2012 @ 12:51 pm In Football | No Comments

As much as I’d love to see the BCS go the way of the hula hoop, brontosauruses and Rainier Beer, the idea of a split national championship is the most lunatic idea in the 14-year history of the BCS. While it may add to the chaos surrounding this abysmal championship format, a split national title would also taint The Associated Press poll for eternity and destine its voters into the depths of Dante’s inferno.

Not that the AP poll means anything anymore. It carries about as much weight as a junior college place-kicker. But if Alabama beats LSU in tonight’s BCS Championahip and AP’s voters put Oklahoma State No. 1, I will never read another AP story as long as I live. I will put an “AP” bug on my dartboard. I’ll sneak in to the nearest rifle range and place it on every bulls eye I can find.

This is a quick, easy review, folks. Alabama lost to top-ranked LSU on Nov. 5; Oklahoma State lost to 6-7 Iowa State on Nov. 18. What’s there to interpret? Okie State defenders claim the Cowboys were distraught after the plane crash that killed their women’s basketball and coach and his assistant the day before. OK, we’ll grant them that.

Does that mean the loss doesn’t count? Does the loss come with an asterisk? Should we weigh teams’ emotions when analyzing their body of work?

I imagine Alabama would wipe any neutral site in the country with Oklahoma State’s facemasks if they ever played. That’s not the point. The point is Alabama is the only team in the country that came within 13 points of LSU and a win in basically the Tigers’ back yard makes it worthy of a national championship.

Giving a trophy — any trophy — to Oklahoma State after beating Stanford in the Fiesta Bowl only because its freshman kicker joined college football’s long list of choking place-kickers is a personal slam at Alabama, college football and mankind in general.

I don’t care if Alabama wins tonight, 2-0, on a bad snap out of the end zone. Tonight’s winner deserves to be unanimous national champion.

On that note, I still like LSU, 17-10.

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